I want to get 2 ssd's in raid 0 but have them backed up to a 1 tb hdd

[David Grossmann]

hello im trying to find out if its possible to put 2 ssd's in raid 0 but have a 1 tb hdd constantly backing them up, it could be contiously, on a schedule....



Thanks in advance,

 

[USAFRet]

put 2 ssd's in raid 0...

Why? What will this be used for?

 

[David Grossmann]

put 2 ssd's in raid 0...

Why? What will this be used for?

It will be used to give slight more performance but mainly combine the 2 to have a bigger drive

 

[USAFRet]

put 2 ssd's in raid 0...

Why? What will this be used for?

It will be used to give slight more performance but mainly combine the 2 to have a bigger drive

Read this all the way through before you go down that road:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html

 

[David Grossmann]

but is there a way i can get them to be backed up to a 1tb hdd

 

[USAFRet]

but is there a way i can get them to be backed up to a 1tb hdd

Well, maybe. But if you are talking about a 100% realtime full drive backup of that (useless) SSD RAID 0 array.....you will be crippling the speed of the SSD.

What exactly do you want/need backed up?

 

[USAFRet]

Sorry for any perceived negative comments...I'm just trying to wrap my head around what exactly you're trying to do (and with what).

 

[David Grossmann]

ok so raid 0 isnt any faster? so should i get one 256gb instead of 2x 128gb? and how could i back up the ssd/s to a hdd it could be on a schedule or idk. sorry for any confusion im kinda new to this

 

[USAFRet]

ok so raid 0 isnt any faster? so should i get one 256gb instead of 2x 128gb? and how could i back up the ssd/s to a hdd it could be on a schedule or idk. sorry for any confusion im kinda new to this

Here ya go:

As far as backing up? There are several ways to do this, depending on exactly what you want/need to do

 

[David Grossmann]

ok so raid 0 isnt any faster? so should i get one 256gb instead of 2x 128gb? and how could i back up the ssd/s to a hdd it could be on a schedule or idk. sorry for any confusion im kinda new to this

Here ya go:

As far as backing up? There are several ways to do this, depending on exactly what you want/need to do

i basically just want to backup the neccesary files pictures, documents, data.... from the ssd

 

[USAFRet]

i basically just want to backup the neccesary files pictures, documents, data....

Piece of cake. This is what I use:
SyncBack Free
Give it source and target folders, give it a schedule...done.

 

[David Grossmann]

ok thanks

 

[David Grossmann]

hey i have another question how could i set up my computer with 3 drives (small ssd, ssd and 1tb hdd)
the small ssd only holding the system files neccessary to boot computer up
the ssd containing games and other files
and hdd for everything else i rarely use like documents,photos, music, videos...

 

[USAFRet]

hey i have another question how could i set up my computer with 3 drives (small ssd, ssd and 1tb hdd)
the small ssd only holding the system files neccessary to boot computer up
the ssd containing games and other files
and hdd for everything else i rarely use like documents,photos, music, videos...

Depending on your concept of "small ssd", yes. This is easy.

Small = 120GB minimum.
Windows OS, utilities, some applications. Anything smaller than a 120GB will be far more work than is needed.

 

[David Grossmann]

hey i have another question how could i set up my computer with 3 drives (small ssd, ssd and 1tb hdd)
the small ssd only holding the system files neccessary to boot computer up
the ssd containing games and other files
and hdd for everything else i rarely use like documents,photos, music, videos...

Depending on your concept of "small ssd", yes. This is easy.

Small = 120GB minimum.
Windows OS, utilities, some applications. Anything smaller than a 120GB will be far more work than is needed.

no i have 64gb, and 240 gb ssd

 

[David Grossmann]

hey i have another question how could i set up my computer with 3 drives (small ssd, ssd and 1tb hdd)
the small ssd only holding the system files neccessary to boot computer up
the ssd containing games and other files
and hdd for everything else i rarely use like documents,photos, music, videos...

Depending on your concept of "small ssd", yes. This is easy.

Small = 120GB minimum.
Windows OS, utilities, some applications. Anything smaller than a 120GB will be far more work than is needed.

no i have 64gb, and 240 gb ssd

 

[USAFRet]

no i have 64gb, and 240 gb ssd

A 64GB drive is right on the edge of what I consider 'too small'.

Christmastime, I build a new PC
Win 7 Home premium. After the OS install, Windows updates, a small set of utilities (~1GB), and MS Office (~3GB), used space was 47GB.
Given than you need to leave 10-15% free space on the SSD, that brings a 64GB drive down to ~50GB usable space.
47GB is right up against the edge of that. Now do another couple months of Windows updates...😉

In your case: 64GB SSD, 240GB SSD, large HDD, what I would do is this:

240GB SSD - Windows OS and all applications
64GB SSD - A game or two...whatever fits within 50GB or so
Large HDD - all that other stuff. Doc, music, movies, etc.

Bonus - the 240GB SSD will probably be a little bit faster than the 64GB SSD.

 

[USAFRet]

To redirect your doc/music/etc, se these:

Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html

 

[David Grossmann]

no i have 64gb, and 240 gb ssd

A 64GB drive is right on the edge of what I consider 'too small'.

Christmastime, I build a new PC
Win 7 Home premium. After the OS install, Windows updates, a small set of utilities (~1GB), and MS Office (~3GB), used space was 47GB.
Given than you need to leave 10-15% free space on the SSD, that brings a 64GB drive down to ~50GB usable space.
47GB is right up against the edge of that. Now do another couple months of Windows updates...😉

In your case: 64GB SSD, 240GB SSD, large HDD, what I would do is this:

240GB SSD - Windows OS and all applications
64GB SSD - A game or two...whatever fits within 50GB or so
Large HDD - all that other stuff. Doc, music, movies, etc.

Bonus - the 240GB SSD will probably be a little bit faster than the 64GB SSD.

can you seperate the applications from the os

 

[David Grossmann]

To redirect your doc/music/etc, se these:

Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html

but how would i get ms office and other programs to download to my bigger ssd

 

[USAFRet]

To redirect your doc/music/etc, se these:

Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html

but how would i get ms office and other programs to download to my bigger ssd

During the install of just about every application, you can tell it where to install.
Instead of accepting the default, select Custom or Advanced. Tell it what drive and folder to go to.

 

[David Grossmann]

To redirect your doc/music/etc, se these:

Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html

but how would i get ms office and other programs to download to my bigger ssd

During the install of just about every application, you can tell it where to install.
Instead of accepting the default, select Custom or Advanced. Tell it what drive and folder to go to.

ok thanks is there a difference between 42mm and 50mm m.2 ssd

 

[USAFRet]

ok thanks is there a difference between 42mm and 50mm m.2 ssd

Do you actually mean 42nm vs 50nm?
nanometer vs millimeter.

What drives are you looking at?

 

[David Grossmann]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LNF1RVM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3ISMVC1FTQD6C
http://www.amazon.com/MyDigitalSSD-128GB-120GB-Bullet-Proof/dp/B00B3X72OU/ref=sr_1_24?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1421367827&sr=1-24

 

[USAFRet]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LNF1RVM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3ISMVC1FTQD6C
http://www.amazon.com/MyDigitalSSD-128GB-120GB-Bullet-Proof/dp/B00B3X72OU/ref=sr_1_24?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1421367827&sr=1-24

That just means the board is a little bit wider. Only maybe matters if this is going into a laptop.